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Quote: The days of finding Olympus 35SP`s for £3.99 are long gone
You're not wrong there - I sometime look at vinyl and saw Kind Crimson's gatefold Court of the Crimson King in oxfam for £25 - what happened to 50p per album lol. They seem to have the same stock more these days though!
I bought a small book on cars of the 1950s about 4 years ago for £25 on Amazon Marketplace. I felt a just bit ripped off to be honest, but I really wanted that book.
However.............. I see identical books are going on eBay for over £150 now. Feeling much better about it! 
I blame a lot of this on Ebay dealers, they scour charity shops, car boots and so on, grabbing anything they think could make them a nice profit on Ebay, you can`t blame these charity shops for upping there prices.
Selling on eBay is still a good way to get rid of stuff, but you have to be prepared topay 10% plus tax on your final sale value. Personally I think that is excessive but it is probably still better value than ad's in the local papers.
Quote: I use Amazon to sell on............................................I think people trust the name more than eBay ..........................
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On the two occasions that I've been let down as an eBay buyer and goods didn't arrive, eBay sorted things out quickly and I had a full refund. They want to make it a safe place for buyers.
As a seller, our hands are tied because we can't even leave bad feedback for people who don't seem to understand that placing a winning bid in an auction constitutes entry into a legally enforceable contract.
Over the course of well over 200 trades I've had 2 people not pay. I started the dispute procedure and I guess they get a black mark against their eBay name. But I don't find it such a big deal. A bit annoying but no more.
I don't find eBay fees excessive (not to say I find them cheap, either). Tale a look at the cost of selling through a traditional auction house if you think eBay is dear.
Whatever the ins and outs of eBay, it enables me to economically buy and sell things that I never could have before.
I remember when the only way was local paper ads or car boot sales. I was selling a Boss FX pedal. I arranged to meet the guy at Hammersmith tube to exchange pedal and money. He tries to knock me down on price. I refuse. He says, how do I know its working? I say, because I'm not a liar or a con man and anyway I've never heard of a Boss pedal going wrong. He keeps on , so I just say that I'm walking away, if he thinks I'm a con man he shouldn't buy from me. He says, I'll give you the money but I was so fed up I just walked. The irony was that I had priced the pedal really cheaply for a quick sale.
eBay has to be better than that. As thewilliam says, eBay will sort things out. Car boots are great but not really suitable for the fairly specialized gear that people here are likely to have.
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